Senior Project Manager

Company: Vizient, Inc
Location: Chicago
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

When you're the best, we're the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.
Summary:
In this role, you will manage multiple cross-functional project teams and resources for complex projects with broad scope that involve various products, facilities, stakeholders and source systems. You will collaborate with stakeholders and foster relationships across the organization to successfully execute project goals and streamline processes.
Responsibilities:

• Lead and influence project participants including mentoring others in effective collaboration to drive participation of the project team.
  
• Develop and manage project management operations and tools.
  
• Identify and propose additional needs for project governance metrics and reporting.
  
• Communicate project expectations, updates, and potential risks to team members and stakeholders including leadership, while providing appropriate recommendations and resolutions.
  
• Interpret and leverage data to influence stakeholder decisions through advising and counseling.
  
• Prepare and deliver presentations to senior leadership, management, and stakeholders.
  
• Utilize understanding of the business unit, value, and key performance indicators to draw conclusions about trends.
  
• Conduct postmortem reviews with stakeholders to continually improve the process.
  
  Qualifications:
  

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• Relevant degree preferred.
  
• 5 or more years of relevant experience is required.
  
• Experience with Mavenlink highly preferred.
  
• Experience tracking projects in a project management tool such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Monday.com, Wrike, etc., with knowledge of Smartsheet preferred.
  
• Ability to use data and analytics to identify areas of opportunity and support projects.
  
• Action-oriented, high initiative, good problem-solving and critical thinking skills along with the ability to provide independent thought.
  
• Proficient in the use of project management principles, practices, techniques, and tools.
  
• Advanced Microsoft Office Suite knowledge (Word, PowerPoint, Excel). Project and Visio knowledge is a plus.
  
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